Is the BCS championship party finally over for SEC?
Will an SEC team get its hands on BCS "Coaches' Trophy" this year?
The BCS championship game was designed to determine the best college football team in the land. What it mostly has done is reaffirm the best conference in the land.
SEC teams have won the last four titles and the most overall (six) since the BCS championship began in 1998.
The conference standings of BCS games look like Godzilla vs. Bambi.
Ready? Listed in order of wins: SEC 6-0, Big 12 2-5, ACC 1-2, Big East 1-2, Big Ten 1-2, Pacific 10 1-1 (and USC’s win has been detonated by NCAA probation).
With that as a backdrop, here’s what the SEC is looking at today: The possible end of the party. The first BCS rankings came out Sunday night and there are three teams — Oklahoma, Oregon and Boise State — before you get to the first entry from the SEC (Auburn). A lot can happen in the next seven weeks (conference championship games included). But right now odds are against an SEC team making it into the BCS national title game.
Here is how things lay out for the three SEC teams with a title game shot (including their BCS ranking):
4. Auburn (7-0): If the Tigers win out, they almost certainly will make it into the game because of their strength of schedule. But that means defeating LSU, Alabama (road), Mississippi and Georgia. What are the odds of that?
6. LSU (7-0): LSU also has the strength of schedule thing going for it. But Les Miles has walked on hot coals all season and his luck may be running out: The Tigers’ next two games are at Auburn and against Alabama. The regular season’s final game on the schedule: at Arkansas. It’s not going to be easy.
8. Alabama (6-1): The Tide was upset by South Carolina two weeks ago. In addition to the aforementioned meetings against Auburn and at LSU, a meeting with Mississippi State suddenly doesn’t look like a gimme. (Oh, there’s also that game against Georgia State.)
Here’s where we get back to the argument: Is a one-loss SEC team more deserving to get into a title game than an undefeated team from the WAC or Mountain West?
Compare Auburn’s, LSU’s and Alabama’s remaining schedules with other schools near the top of the BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma (6-0): The Sooners already have beaten Florida State and Texas and have only two difficult games remaining: at Missouri this week and against Oklahoma State at the end of the year, as well as the potential Big 12 title game.
2. Oregon (6-0): The Ducks’ biggest win has been over No. 9 Stanford. It has only one currently ranked opponent left on the schedule (Arizona at home), although road games at USC and at rival Oregon State at the end of the year won’t be easy.
3. Boise State (6-0): This is stacked for the Broncos. Their remaining schedule is like Cupcake Heaven: Louisiana Tech, Hawaii, Idaho, Fresno State, Nevada, Utah State — Nevada (6-1) being the only good team.
5. TCU (7-0): The Horned Frogs also have only one tough opponent left: at Utah (which is No. 9 on the BCS list).
7. Michigan State (7-0): If the Spartans already have beaten Wisconsin and Michigan and don’t play Ohio State. can win at Iowa in two weeks, there’s not another threat on their schedule.
So there it is. Do you agree things look tough for the SEC? And let’s get back to the annual debate: Should a one-loss SEC school get into the title game over an undefeated school from a lesser conference?
The entire BCS rankings:
| Team | BCS Average | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | .9215 |
| 2 | Oregon | .8921 |
| 3 | Boise State | .8898 |
| 4 | Auburn | .8641 |
| 5 | TCU | .8573 |
| 6 | LSU | .8245 |
| 7 | Michigan State | .7628 |
| 8 | Alabama | .6654 |
| 9 | Utah | .6540 |
| 10 | Ohio State | .5726 |
| 11 | Missouri | .5491 |
| 12 | Stanford | .5374 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | .5335 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | .5261 |
| 15 | Iowa | .4824 |
| 16 | Nebraska | .4295 |
| 17 | Florida State | .4267 |
| 18 | Arizona | .3807 |
| 19 | Texas | .2214 |
| 20 | West Virginia | .1812 |
| 21 | South Carolina | .1555 |
| 22 | Kansas State | .1422 |
| 23 | Arkansas | .1302 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | .1253 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | .0658 |
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Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:43 am
“Needing to hide behind UF since they can’t handle their own business!!!”
You mean, the way you hide behind 1980 and Vince Dooley?
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:44 am
Auburn flexes BCS muscles, down goes No. 1 (again), more Snaps
Time to put Auburn in BCS title conversation
The shootout unfolded, just like we expected. It was Cam Newton outscoring … Tyler Wilson? OK, so no one could have predicted Ryan Mallett’s backup would duel, at least for a while, and look every bit the equal of the starting quarterbacks in Auburn’s 65-43 win over Arkansas
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/george_schroeder/10/16/week-7-snap-judgments/index.html##ixzz12ipW9tYW
yeahright
October 18th, 2010
10:46 am
the SEC may be the best football conference, but from scanning these blog entries, they are the clearly the worst academic conference. what a bunch of tools you people are. grow up and/or get a frikkin’ life. is your self esteem really based on a saturday afternoon football game? how hilarious!
EEE ESS PEEIN'
October 18th, 2010
10:46 am
Hey, didn’t ESPN f-up Auburn’s chances for a title in 2004?
I’m jest sayin’!
Unauthorized Access Not Allowed
October 18th, 2010
10:48 am
Who let these ACC people in here? Please don’t tell me the ACC is more deserving of a BCS…
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:48 am
What we learned in the SEC: Week 7
1. Newton for Heisman: As fate would have it, the seventh week of the season a year ago was when a player from the state of Alabama thrust his name to the top of the Heisman Trophy charts with a signature game. Alabama’s Mark Ingram had 246 yards rushing in a 20-6 win over South Carolina, a performance that announced to the college football world once and for all that Ingram was the real deal. We all know how that turned out. Fast forward to this past Saturday — the seventh week of the 2010 season — and it was Auburn’s Cam Newton making perhaps his strongest case yet why he’s college football’s most outstanding player with 328 yards of total offense, three rushing touchdowns and one passing. There’s nobody else in the country quite like Newton. For that matter, it’s debatable whether or not there’s ever been anybody quite like him in the SEC. You’re talking about a 6-foot-6, 250-pound quarterback with tailback speed, tailback moves and an NFL-caliber arm. But what sets him apart is his toughness. In his past two games, he’s carried the ball 53 times. Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn said following the 65-43 win over Arkansas that there was really no way of knowing just how tough Newton was in the preseason because they didn’t allow him to be hit. Well, he’s doing the hitting now. Just ask Arkansas linebacker Jerico Nelson, who was flattened by Newton on his way to his first touchdown run.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/15581/what-to-watch-in-the-sec-week-7-4
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:49 am
“Hey, didn’t ESPN f-up Auburn’s chances for a title in 2004?”
No, Petey the Cheaty at USC did.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:49 am
“what a bunch of tools you people are. grow up and/or get a frikkin’ life.”
Pot meet kettle.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:52 am
“6-foot-6, 250-pound” He is bigger than that according to Sir Cam Newton earlier.
Will he fit in either of your costumes? Sounds like you can’t wait for a good manhandling.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:53 am
What is the eta on that WoW server repair?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:54 am
Well?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:57 am
Look Auburn Fan…my buddy is a tech fan living in his mother’s basement and frustrated about the WoW server too. He isn’t taking his frustrations out on the blogosphere though. He wants play again and i told him that you might know when he’ll be able to play again. Can you help me help my friend with a time frame?
Thanks!
GT fan in MS
October 18th, 2010
11:08 am
Jeff,
Please don’t prepetuate the nonsense of Oregon beating a #9 Stanford as some amazing feat.
Stanford was ranked #16 the week before this game. The pollsters moved them up 7 places to #9 after they beat a 1-3 Notre Dame team. This was done so that ABC / ESPN could generate more hype about this game occuring during Saturday night primetime. Thus they could say “A Top 10 match up”. When was the last time the PAC10 can claim a match up, in conference, of Top 10 teams?
The winner of the AU / LSU battle this weekend will be in the top 3 or maybe even to the 2 spot.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
11:24 am
AUB fan or whoever he is has to face this reality. They are behind BAMA, UF, TN, LSU and Georgia in BCS bowls, SEC and National titles.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
11:25 am
AUB played NOBODY out of conference on 04, that is why they had no chance to play for it.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:30 am
“AUB played NOBODY out of conference on 04, that is why they had no chance to play for it.”
Since when did OOC games matter for the title? We played the same team Florida played OOC in 2008.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:30 am
“They are behind BAMA, UF, TN, LSU and Georgia in BCS bowls”
UGA has never played for a BCS championship.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
11:32 am
BCS Bowls not Championship–Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, Orange. Georgia has played in 3. You know the ones that Auburn NEVER plays in.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
11:35 am
It matters when you have 3 teams undefeated.
Gary
October 18th, 2010
11:37 am
A one loss should get in over TCU and Boise State. But Michigan State and Oregon and Oklahoma should all get in above a one loss SEC team if they are undefeated. No way Auburn runs the table. Even the refs horrible instant replay calls on Saturday will not last forever. Their defense will fail them at some point. Still, if it come down to TCU or Boise and one other conference undefeated, you have to give the strength of schedule to an SEC team and let them hop over TCU and Boise to play an Oregon or Oklahoma or Michigan State.
AthensDawg
October 18th, 2010
11:41 am
Hey War Damn Eagle, how does it feel to lose to UGA 4 years running now? No matter what our team is like lately we own you!
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:48 am
“You know the ones that Auburn NEVER plays in.”
You must have missed 2004. We won the Sugar Bowl and went undefeated.
You guys are headed back to the Shreveport Bowl.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:49 am
“It matters when you have 3 teams undefeated.”
One of them cheated and had to vacate their title. Oh, and they are on probation for a few years.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:49 am
“Georgia has played in 3.”
Two words: WEST VIRGINIA
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:51 am
Atticus
Does this ring a bell?
Slaton’s record night stuns pro-Georgia crowd at Sugar Bowl
Georgia had the home-field advantage. West Virginia had the chip on its shoulder.
Steve Slaton rushed for a record 204 yards and the No. 11 Mountaineers gave a much-needed boost to the beleaguered Big East, upsetting eighth-ranked Georgia 38-35 Monday night in the first Nokia Sugar Bowl played outside of New Orleans.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=260020061
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:52 am
“No way Auburn runs the table. Even the refs horrible instant replay calls on Saturday will not last forever. ”
Those calls went both ways. Oh, and since you know the future, how about some good stock tips.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
11:53 am
“You guys are headed back to the Shreveport Bowl.”
Incorrect. Not because our dawgs are good…but because the Independence Bowl will pit a MWC team against an ACC team.
In other words your Yellow Jackets have a much better chance of being invited to Shreveport than Georgia.
Keep up the ignorant posts otherwise though!
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
11:55 am
“Keep up the ignorant posts otherwise though!”
Ignorance is UGA fans pretending that their 3-4 team is good. THAT is ignorant.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:03 pm
Talking as much trash on this board as you have, knowing that the success you are bragging about is entirely due to a single player is ignorant.
Even St. Tebow got his bell rung against lowly Kentucky. You never know when your running QB is going to take an awkward shot.
I am not saying our team is good…thus my “Not because our dawgs are good” qualifyer. But they are getting better. Your posts tell me that you are great at picking out one part of a post to take issue with but comprehension of the post over-all is clearly lacking.
If I was an Auburn fan, which you may be–in addition to being a Tech Troll, I would not be talking so loud just yet. I would also not want to play a UGA team with nothing to lose. Seems like a poor UGA team put it all together to upset a pretty good Auburn team a few years ago.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:08 pm
“Talking as much trash on this board as you have, knowing that the success you are bragging about is entirely due to a single player is ignorant.”
Nothing like jealous losers.
“Even St. Tebow got his bell rung against lowly Kentucky.”
And he still managed to win 2 national titles.
“I would not be talking so loud just yet.’
This is a blog, no one can hear anyone here.
“I would also not want to play a UGA team with nothing to lose.”
Auburn has nothing to lose. Everyone is talking about how they will lose week after week. No one expected them to do anything. If anyone has everything to lose it’s Alabama.
“Seems like a poor UGA team put it all together to upset a pretty good Auburn team a few years ago.”
Yeah, and that Auburn team had just lost their best players to the NFL.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:11 pm
I am blind. My computer turns text in to audio. So I hear you.
What…no fun blogging with someone who always has to have the last word?
Where are we with the WoW server anyway? I owe my friend a call back.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:12 pm
“What…no fun blogging with someone who always has to have the last word?”
Huh?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:13 pm
And the only team that is ever allowed to use “We lost our best players to the NFL” excuse is the Auburn Tigers. I see…I get it now.
Only teams that YOU don’t like are not allowed to use that?
What about Dwyer. Is that why Tech is having a non-National Championship season?
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:16 pm
“Only teams that YOU don’t like are not allowed to use that?”
Nope, but you are acting like Auburn was some great team in 2005. They had a new QB etc…
“Is that why Tech is having a non-National Championship season?”
huh?
Tiger alum '74
October 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
So sad there are actually children that wish to drag my fine institute through the mud
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
Tiger alum ‘74 = UGA tard
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:19 pm
“Huh”…My point exactly.
Arguing with you is arguing with a 13 year old girl about whether the Jonas Brothers are better than Miley Cyrus.
You can’t win the argument because the other person can’t see past their own bias.
So unless you want to tell me the answers to any of the following, I am all done with you.
When the WoW server will be back up?
Will you wear the Teddy Bear or Storm Trooper costume to Dragon Con next year?
Will Cam Newton fit into either costume?
Would you let Cam Newton manhandle you?
Eat $hit Tech troll.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:21 pm
“Arguing with you is arguing with a 13 year old girl about whether the Jonas Brothers are better than Miley Cyrus.”
Who?
“You can’t win the argument because the other person can’t see past their own bias.”
Says the guy who boasted that UGA played well in 3 BCS games.
“Eat $hit Tech troll.”
Dogs eat sh!t. You’re a dawg. Nuff said.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:23 pm
Not sure that I said UGA played well in 3 BCS games. Re-read all the posts and let me know what you find.
Thanks.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
12:27 pm
“BCS Bowls not Championship–Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, Orange. Georgia has played in 3. You know the ones that Auburn NEVER plays in.”
You were saying, atticus = Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.?
shay
October 18th, 2010
12:34 pm
Tiger alum,
Don’t worry about it. Everyone on here knows the pathetic Tech fan (now going by ‘Auburn Fan’) you shamed into changing his nick 10 times over is really just a jobless, angry, bitter troll. No one associates him with Auburn.
shay
October 18th, 2010
12:36 pm
UGA has 2 BCS wins. How many does Auburn have? Or Tech for that matter?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:38 pm
I may be your daddy…but I ain’t Atticus.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
12:40 pm
I am Sir Cam Newton and Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
What are your other handles on here?
zeeee Nachos aka the 'Living Legend"
October 18th, 2010
12:44 pm
WDE – thanks for showing everyone how classy you barners are. The barn will lose to LSU AND ALABAMA this year.
Now go back to your cave, see ya next football season.
jjhenry
October 18th, 2010
12:56 pm
Most of the teams that are ahead of an SEC team don’t really play anybody, so they really shouldn’t be ranked that high. They play a weak schedule and beat up on lesser teams and then make it to a BCS championship. How fair is that? SEC teams have their hands full just playing each other. I think that if Auburn continues to win, they should definitely be a candidate for the BCS championship. Boise State hadn’t played anyone all year.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
1:05 pm
“How many does Auburn have?”
One
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
1:06 pm
“Everyone on here knows the pathetic Tech fan (now going by ‘Auburn Fan’) you shamed into changing his nick 10 times over is really just a jobless, angry, bitter troll.’
I knew UGA fans were stupid, but this stupid?
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
1:07 pm
“Boise State hadn’t played anyone all year.”
Nope.
@ WDE/UGA preason number one/Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
1:25 pm
When you are dumber than dirt, you really can’t throw stones…..